
Maulvi Muhammed Zahur Ali Police officer of Najafgarh to the Emperor Has Communicated His Orders to the Thakurs Chaudhry Etc Prays that a Prince May Be Deputed With Sufficient Force to Suppress Rebellion and Establish Peace In Certain Villages
Maulvi Muhammed Zahur Ali Police officer of Najafgarh to the Emperor Has Communicated His Orders to the Thakurs Chaudhry Etc Prays that a Prince May Be Deputed With Sufficient Force to Suppress Rebellion and Establish Peace In Certain Villages
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Maulvi Muhammed Zahur Ali Police officer of Najafgarh to the Emperor Has Communicated His Orders to the Thakurs Chaudhry Etc Prays that a Prince May Be Deputed With Sufficient Force to Suppress Rebellion and Establish Peace In Certain Villages
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Foreign
May 18, 1857
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March 30, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM
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Mohammed Abdulkarim
English

The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The King ! Shelter of the World
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH—That the orders of the royal missive have been fully explained to all the Thakurs,Chowdnaries, Kanungoes, and Patwaris, of this township of Najaf Garh, and the best arrangements have been established. Further, that, agreeably to Your Majesty’s injunctions, steps are being taken to collect horsemen and footmen, and it is explained to them, that their allowances will be paid from the Revenue of this Division of the District. Your Slave’sassurances on this point, however, will not be believed, till some Ghazees,!8 recently engaged, shall have arrived. As regards Nagli Kakrowla, Dachaoo-Kallan, and other adjacent Villages, your Slave hasto represent, that, unrestrained by the dread of consequences, and bent on all sorts of excesses, the inhabitants have commenced plundering travellers. Two petitions regard- ing the conduct of these lawless disturbers of the peace have already been submitted, and I am now in hopes that some Royal Prince of reputation and capacity, may be deputed, with a sufficient force of Cavalry, Infantry and Ghazees, to settle the portion of the Country constituting your petitioner’s jurisdiction, your Slave will then point out these lawless Villagers, and will be able for the future to preserve order, and prevent crime. If delay or indecision is allowed to occur, many lives, it is to be feared, will be sacrificed. Some of the Establishment at this Station were very much straitened in pecuniary means, and had no choice but to go away. If with kind consideration, therefore, some funds are granted, aportion will be given to the men here referred to, and horsemen and footmen will be entertained to preserve order. But your Majesty is the Lord and Master. This petition is forwarded to your Majesty by the hands of the cartmen who were recently subjected to lawless treatment. I would beg that Your Majesty’s orders may be sent by these men. (Prayers for the King’s prosperity). Signed and Sealed, the Slave Muhammad Zohur Ali, Police Officer of Najaf Garh.